Doctorate in developmental
psychology from the University of Oxford, England, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
Since 1981, Dr. Pea
has been exploring how information technologies can support and advance learning
and teaching, with particular focus on topics in science, mathematics, technology
education.
Professor of Education
and the Learning Sciences at Stanford University, Co-Director of the Stanford
Center for Innovations in Learning, and Director of the Stanford Institute
for Learning Sciences and Technologies.
Director for Teachscape,
a company he co-founded that provides comprehensive K-12 teacher professional
development services incorporating web-based video case studies of standards-based
teaching and communities of learners
John Evans Professor
of Education and the Learning Sciences at Northwestern
University, where he founded and chaired the Learning Sciences Ph.D. Program,
and served as Dean of the School of Education and Social Policy.
Published
over 100 chapters and articles on cognition, education, and learning technologies,
and was co-author of the 1999 National Academy Press volume, How People Learn.
Currently chairing a joint National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of
Engineering Committee on Improving Learning with Information Technology.
Professor
of Education and Learning Sciences
Stanford University
roy.pea@stanford.edu